Grand Canyon National Park
A World Heritage Site in United States, inscribed in 1979 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 1979
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (vii)(viii)(ix)(x)
- Property area
- approx. 4,933 km² (493,270 ha)
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 36.1008, -112.0906
- UNESCO ID
- 75
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Parc national du Grand Canyon
- Spanish
- Parque Nacional del Gran Cañón
- Chinese
- 大峡谷国家公园
Other World Heritage Sites in United States
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (1982)
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park (1995)
- Chaco Culture (1987)
- Everglades National Park (1979)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1983)
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (1987)
- Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks (2023)
- Independence Hall (1979)
- Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979)
- La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico (1983)
- Mammoth Cave National Park (1981)
- Mesa Verde National Park (1978)
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